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Nigeria

Global PrEP Tracker
Last Updated: 5 March 2025

Drug Registration Status

Approved
Not
Approved
Under
Review
Data not
available
Gilead's Truvada (TDF/xTC*) Registration
Approved 2017 2017
Generic versions of TDF/xTC* for prevention
Approved N/A N/A
ViiV's Apretude (CAB for PrEP) Registration
Approved 2023 2023
IPM's Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Registration
Under Review
Oral F/TAF (Descovy) Registration
Not Approved
* TDF/xTC refers to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and either emtricitabine (FTC) or lamivudine (3TC)

Research, Demonstration and Implementation

Oral PrEP

2 Completed Projects

Dapivirine Vaginal Ring

N/A Planned/Ongoing Projects

Injectable PrEP

N/A Planned/Ongoing Projects

Policy Frameworks

Nigeria National Oral PrEP Implementation Plan, 2022-24

Nigeria National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework, 2017-21

Nigeria National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan, 2017-21

Nigeria Guidelines for HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care, 2023

Est. Cumulative
Initiations:

Total PrEP: 716,654

Oral PrEP: 716,654

Dapivirine Vaginal Ring: N/A

Injectable PrEP: N/A

Where To Access PrEP in Nigeria:

HIV Care Now

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Nigeria Strategic Direction Summary, 2023

Over the last 20 years, the United States (US) government through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has worked collaboratively with the Government of Nigeria (GoN) to accelerate access to comprehensive, patient-centered HIV prevention, care, and treatment services. Today, over 1.9 million Nigerians living with HIV are accessing life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART), indicating…

PrEP Demand Generation Package for AGYW in Nigeria

Materials Updated June 2023 This suite of PrEP demand generation resources for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) was originally developed with the support of PEPFAR through USAID’s Collaboration for HIV Prevention Options to Control the Epidemic (CHOICE) initiative, a collaboration between the EpiC and RISE projects. Many of the materials were subsequently expanded and…
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Nigeria National HIV Self-Testing & PrEP Communication Strategy, 2022

The vision of this document is “an AIDS-free Nigeria, with zero new infection, zero AIDS-related discrimination and stigma, with a broad goal to “fast-track the national response towards ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030”.
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PrEP Introduction in Nigeria Value Chain Situation Analysis, 2022

This analysis was developed in the fall of 2022 by members of the MOSAIC consortium. This analysis is based on several inputs, including a desk review, secondary research, interviews with key stakeholders in Nigeria, and a short impact survey with key stakeholders at the Training of Trainers (TOT) held in July 2022.
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Oral PrEP Training Participant Manual, 2022

These training materials provide guidance for HIV Service Providers in Nigeria. Their development started with support from the CHOICE project and was completed and disseminated under the MOSAIC Project in 2022.
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Oral PrEP Training Trainer Manual, 2022

These training materials provide guidance for HIV Service Providers in Nigeria and those who will be providing the training. Their development started with support from the CHOICE project and was completed and disseminated under the MOSAIC Project in 2022.
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Oral PrEP Training Slides, 2022

These training materials provide guidance for HIV Service Providers in Nigeria and those who will be providing the training. Their development started with support from the CHOICE project and was completed and disseminated under the MOSAIC Project in 2022.
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Implementation Partner Landscaping, 2023

This document summarizes findings from a rapid landscaping analysis undertaken by the MOSAIC team to understand the current PrEP Landscape through the lens of USAID Implementing Partners (IPs) either providing or supporting service provision of oral PrEP and/or working with AGYW in Nigeria. The aims of the activity were to clarify critical steps for the…
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Nigeria HIV Oral PrEP Job Aids & SOPs

See these job aids and SOPs for flow charts explaining the stages that PrEP clients go through, the role of a provider in this process, information on which documents will most smoothly allow providers to register patients on PrEP, guidance on vital service delivery points, and how to assess risk stratification of potential PrEP clients.
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